رَفَّ
Root: رف
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَفَّI
, or رَفَّ لَوْنُهُ, Present.T
رَفِفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ and رَفِيفٌ, Its colour shone, or glistened; said of a thing; as also رَفِفَ
and
رَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, The lightning gleamed, or shone; or flashed faintly, and then disappeared, and then flashed again.
2 رَفَّ النَّبَاتُ, Present.Tرَفِفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفِيفٌ, The plant, or herbage, quivered, or became tall, (اِهْتَزَّ,) being green and glistening; and وَرِيفٌ is a dial. var. of the Verbal.Noun رَذِيفٌ in this sense: or quivered, or became tall, (اهتزّ,) and was luxuriant, or flourishing, and fresh, or succulent: or, as AHn says, became glistening, or bright, in its sap: and رَفَّ
الشَّجَرُ, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, The trees appeared beautiful and bright in their greenness by reason of their succulence and luxuriance; as also وَرِفَ, Present.T يَرِفُ, Verbal.Noun وَرِيفٌ. (T in art. ورف.)
3 رَفَّتْ عَيْنُهُ, Present.Tرَفِفَ
and
رَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, His eye quivered, or throbbed: and in like manner one says of any other member, or part of the person, or of other things; as, for instance, of the eyebrow.
4 رَفَّ said of a bird: see R. Q. 1, in two places.
5 رَفَّ, Present.Tرَفِفَ
[said of a man,] He exulted; rejoiced overmuch, or above measure; or exulted greatly, or excessively; and was exceedingly brisk, lively, or sprightly: and behaved proudly, or haughtily; was proud, haughty, or self-conceited; or walked with a proud, or haughty, and selfconceited, gait.
6 رَفَّ إِلَى كَذَا He was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly, at, or to do, such a thing; syn. اِرْتَاحَ: and so said of the heart.
7 رَفَّ لَهُ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
and
رَفِفَ
Verbal.Noun رُفُوفٌ and رَفِيفٌ, He laboured for him with service, both honourable and mean.
8 رَفَّ بِفُلَانٍ He treated such a one with honour: [and so, accord. to the TA, رَفَّ فُلَانًا, as is shown in the first paragraph of art. حف.]
9 رَفَّ القَوْمُ بِهِ The people, or party, surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, him; or went round him, or round about him.
10 رَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ Wealth became abundantly bestowed upon him; syn. ضَفَتْ.
def.2 رَفَّ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
and
رَفِفَ
[probably trans., or so with the former Present.T and intrans. with the latter,] Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, He ate soundly, (IAar, T, [see رَفَّةٌ, the Verbal.Noun of unity,]) or much, or largely.
2 رَفَّتِ الإِبِلُ, and الغَنَمُ, or رفّت البَقْلَ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
and
رَفِفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, The camels, and the sheep or goats, ate, or ate herbs, or leguminous plants, in a certain manner, without filling the mouth therewith.
3 رَفَّ اللَّبَنَ, Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, He drank milk every day.
4 [Hence, perhaps,] أَخَذَتْهُ الحُمَّى رَفًّا The fever attacked him every day.
5 رَفَّ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ and رَفِيفٌ, also signifies He sucked a thing: and he sucked in [saliva &c.] with his lips. You say, رَفَّ أُمَّهُ
He sucked his mother. And رّفَّ المَرْأَةَ, or الجَارِيَةَ, (IAar, L in art. مصد,) Present.T
رَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, He sucked in the woman's, or the girl's, saliva from her mouth: or he kissed her with the extremities of his lips. And hence, إِنِّى لَأَرُفُّ شَفَتَيْهَا وَأَنَا صَائِمٌ, in a trad. of Aboo-Hureyreh, means Verily I suck in her saliva [from her lips while I am fasting]: or I kiss [her lips], and suck [them], and suck in [her saliva from them].
def.3 رَفَّهُ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, He did good to him; conferred a benefit, or benefits, upon him. [And He gave to him.] You say, فُلَانٌ يَحُفُّنَا وَيَرْفُّنَا, meaning Such a one gives to us, and brings us corn or food. (M. [See also other explanations in art. حف.]) And فُلَانٌ
يَرُفُّنَا
Such a one guards us, defends us, or takes care of us. [Hence,] it is said in a prov., مَنْ حَفَّنَا أَوْ رَفَّنَا فَلْيَقْتَصِدْ [explained in art. حف]: and one says, مَا لَهُ حَافٌّ وَلَا رَافٌّ [also explained in art. حف].
def.4 رَفَّ البَيْتَ He made to the بيت [which here seems from the context to mean tent] what is termed a رَفّ [q. v.]. [And hence, app.,] رَفَّ ثَوْبَهُ, Present.Tرَفُفَ
Verbal.Noun رَفُّ, He added to his garment, or piece of cloth, another piece, to enlarge it, at its lower part.
def.5 رَفَّهُ He fed him [i. e. a beast] with رُفَّة, i. e. straw, or straw that had been trodden, or thrashed, and cut, and what had been broken in pieces thereof.
def.6 رَفَّ الثَّوْبُ, Verbal.Noun رَفَفٌ, The garment, or piece of cloth, became thin: but this is not of established authority.
[And clean, white, lustrous front teeth, the abundance of their saliva shining, or glistening; that would cure of his malady the enslaved by love who has burning in his heart]. And one says also, رَفَّ البَرْقُ, Present.Tيَشْفِى المُتَيَّمَ ذَا الحَرَارَهْ وَمَهًا تَرِفُّ غُرُوبُهُ
2 رَفَّ النَّبَاتُ, Present.T
3 رَفَّتْ عَيْنُهُ, Present.T
4 رَفَّ said of a bird: see R. Q. 1, in two places.
5 رَفَّ, Present.T
6 رَفَّ إِلَى كَذَا He was, or became, brisk, lively, or sprightly, at, or to do, such a thing; syn. اِرْتَاحَ: and so said of the heart.
7 رَفَّ لَهُ, Present.T
8 رَفَّ بِفُلَانٍ He treated such a one with honour: [and so, accord. to the TA, رَفَّ فُلَانًا, as is shown in the first paragraph of art. حف.]
9 رَفَّ القَوْمُ بِهِ The people, or party, surrounded, encompassed, or encircled, him; or went round him, or round about him.
10 رَفَّتْ عَلَيْهِ النِّعْمَةُ Wealth became abundantly bestowed upon him; syn. ضَفَتْ.
def.2 رَفَّ, Present.T
2 رَفَّتِ الإِبِلُ, and الغَنَمُ, or رفّت البَقْلَ, Present.T
3 رَفَّ اللَّبَنَ, Verbal.Noun رَفٌّ, He drank milk every day.
4 [Hence, perhaps,] أَخَذَتْهُ الحُمَّى رَفًّا The fever attacked him every day.
5 رَفَّ, Present.T
def.3 رَفَّهُ, Present.T
def.4 رَفَّ البَيْتَ He made to the بيت [which here seems from the context to mean tent] what is termed a رَفّ [q. v.]. [And hence, app.,] رَفَّ ثَوْبَهُ, Present.T
def.5 رَفَّهُ He fed him [i. e. a beast] with رُفَّة, i. e. straw, or straw that had been trodden, or thrashed, and cut, and what had been broken in pieces thereof.
def.6 رَفَّ الثَّوْبُ, Verbal.Noun رَفَفٌ, The garment, or piece of cloth, became thin: but this is not of established authority.
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